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Photo via BPL / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCsgxd4LgSt/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Finally, a summer reading list that revolves around ‘the most literary borough’, featuring books that are not only fun to read but can teach us more about the place we call home. Today, the Brooklyn Public Library
Neighbors
Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home on Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park. (Photo: Pat Marmo / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=512187632128661&set=pb.100000122870573.-2207520000.1469481479.&type=3&theater] )A Crain’s New York [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160724/SMALLBIZ/160729938/new-yorks-funeral-
Announcements
Naresh Bhagroo [L] retired this month as the owner of Emcon Pharmacy. His son Caesar Bhagroo [R] will take over. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)To some, retirement means living in a world of leisure, and having an opportunity to luxuriate after years of hard work. For 60-
fort greene
Lego of The Undertaker and Kane — they’re both nearly retired. Get it? (Courtesy Instagram/pg.kills.wwe [https://www.instagram.com/p/BG2iRj9vvCq/])Flo Rida and Jason Derulo will be tag teaming the Barclays Center [/?s=barclays+center]this August in the first-ever WWE Summslam [http://www.wwe.
Central Brooklyn
Riis Park beach. (Photo by simplyfetchingco / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BISqV-pgcP2/?taken-at=869639592])Welcome to the week, whether you’re looking to see up-and-coming comedians, join a book club, or wind down with some park yoga — this is your spot for the hottest weekday
Business
Green Cleaning solutions have rapidly gained in popularity because many people have decided that they want cleaning solutions that are both healthy and safe for people and the environment. Many carpet cleaning companies use cleaning chemicals that contain ingredients found to be potentially toxic and dangerous to the health. As
Events
Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Flicks on the Beach: Star Wars: Inside Out [/lineup-announced-
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark TreygerLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Send us your own event listing by posting it for free on our new event calendar [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/calendar/], or using our classifieds site, EverythingBK [http://www.everythingbk.com/]. Flicks on the Beach: Star Wars:
Events
The Westerlies and Friends play Threes Brewing on Tuesday, July 26 at 8pm. (Photo via The Westerlies [https://www.facebook.com/westerliesmusic/photos/a.454874017880071.104680.444731542227652/1170559522978180/?type=3&theater] )Weekday events heat up with the thermometer. Check out bingo, tarot readings, Captain America, and more! Tarot Reading,
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Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Council Member Laurie Cumbo [/?s=cumbo] and Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley [/?s=mosley] took a stand alongside activists at the Whitman Houses following the killing of an unidentified woman last week. Cumbo and
Central Brooklyn
Alley near 68 St. Paul’s Place. (Screenshot via Google Maps)NYPD officers found the body of a Flatbush man stabbed in the chest on Sunday; the body was found in an alley just blocks from the Parade Grounds, according to police reports. At 10pm on July 24, police discovered
Bensonhurst
Funeral of Detective Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home (Photo by Heather Chin) An article in Crain’s New York [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160724/SMALLBIZ/160729937] this weekend describes how the historically Italian-Catholic Aievoli Funeral Home [http://www.aievolifh.com/] (1275 65th Street) made the decision cater